My Story: The Women In The Bus Were Commenting On The Dress Two Girls Were Wearing & I Had To Intervene

“Once while I was travelling in a bus, there were these two girls who were coming back from, what looked like, sports practice. They were wearing shorts and loose t-shirts. And there were a bunch of women in the bus, who were staring at them and making fun of them. They were saying things like – what kind of dress are these girls wearing, no wonder rapes are happening, this is why guys are looking at girls and went on. Hearing this, the girls were scared and they didn’t say anything. I tried to ignore their conversation for sometime, but after a point I got up and told those women, it is people like you who raise a rapist. These girls are not your children. So you don’t have the right to tell them what to do! It’s their right to be whatever they want. Whatever they wear is their personal choice and you can’t invade into it.”

“So you spoke to them this long?”

“Yeah, because I felt really angry. Then I told them, I know once I get out of this bus, you will be talking about me also. But it doesn’t make a difference to me, because I don’t know you and you don’t know me. If you were my mother or my aunt, I would have sat with you and made you understand. But with you, this is all I can do.”

“Oh then?”

“So that’s how I left and the children too were pretty happy. It’s high time that people stand up and speak against wrong happening to others, regardless of whether it is happening to a guy or a girl – it doesn’t make a difference. An individual’s choice has to be respected.”

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This Mother’s Day, Let Us Make A Real Difference In Our Mother’s Life

“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” – Abraham Lincoln

Mothers play a crucial role in our lives. Since we were little, they held our hands, acting as our guide into the world. They took care of all our needs – from teaching us how to hold a spoon, cooking delicious meals for us, dropping us to school and sitting with us while we struggled with our math homework – mothers have been there through thick and thin.

On the special occasion of Mother’s Day, Friends Adult Diapers has a beautiful message for each of us – treat your mother the way she has treated you all her life.

It was our mothers who stayed up all night taking care of us when we fell sick; it was her who help us with our homework. This Mother’s Day, remember to take care and support your mother the way she took care of you all these years.

The minds and bodies of our ageing parents dwindle as they grow even older, and somewhere in the incoherence of understanding their thoughts, children lose patience. They spend less and less time with their parents and hire others to look after them. A study by HelpAge India gives accounts of the elderly, most of whom testify to verbal abuse, neglect and disrespect by their children. Old people rely on their children for both emotional and financial support but, often times are not given the needed care.

There is little difference in how we were as toddlers and how parents are as senior citizens. They couldn’t understand the gibber we uttered then, yet taught us different languages. We were financially dependent on them till at least 18 years of age yet, they never said no to giving us pocket money. Why cannot we echo the same patience our parents showed for so many years?

Our parents have an unconditional love for us. They made sure all our needs are cared for and we never feel alone. When we grow up and our parents enter old age, they require the same care and affection. They would be delighted if we spent time with them after classes or work, make tea or cook for them and also help them with household chores when they have too many things at hand.

It is our responsibility to stand with our parents when they are weak; it is our responsibility to cook for them when they are too tired, and it is our responsibility to take care of them when they fall sick.

Mother’s Day is a celebration in honour of motherhood, a tribute to maternal bonds and the influence of mothers in society. Let us make a real difference by showing how much we truly care for our mothers.

Friends Adult Diapers has taken a wonderful initiative in this regard. The most precious gift for a mother is her child. So why not take this as an opportunity to shower her with the same love? After all, she deserves it for being with you through every obstacle and every hardship that you faced.